| Authorised form of name | Fauquier; Francis (1703 - 1768) |
| Dates | 1703 - 1768 |
| Date of birth | 11 July 1703 |
| Place of death | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Date of death | 03 March 1768 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
St Andrew Undershaft (11 July 1703) |
| Activity | Career:
Director of the South Sea Company (1751); Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia (1758)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/02/1753 |
| Relationships | Son of Dr John Francis Fauquier, one of the Directors of the Bank of England; Brother of William Fauquier (FRS 1747) |
| OtherInfo | The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in 1713 the company was granted a monopoly (the Asiento) to supply enslaved Africans to the islands in the 'South Seas' and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price. The notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble. The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in 1713 the company was granted a monopoly (the Asiento) to supply enslaved Africans to the islands in the 'South Seas' and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price. The notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DAB; Guildhall Library MS. 4107/3
References:
Frank R Freemon, 'American Colonial Scientists Who Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 191-206 |
| Code | NA3835 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1752/30 | Fauquier, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/3/333 | Letter, 'Of a storm of hail in Virginia' from Francis Fauquier to William Fauquier | 18 October 1758 |
| MM/17/39 | Letter from Isaac Newton to JF Fauquier | 27 July 1720 |
| EC/1752/29 | Fauquier, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |